Lyft, Allscripts partner for healthcare platform

Lyft has partnered with healthcare information tech solutions company Allscripts to develop a healthcare platform that will enable doctors and hospitals to offer non-emergency transportation to patients.

The platform — to be built using Lyft’s Concierge API and Allscripts’ Sunrise electronic health record (EHR) — will integrate with operations at 2,500 hospitals, 45,000 physician practices and with 180,000 physicians, to reach an estimated 7 million patients, according to USA Today.